Editorial — From the Ashes? | Special Issue – Winter 2026
The politics of the centre are no match for the challenges that face humanity. We do, it seems, face a choice between socialism or barbarism.
Clement Nocos
Clement Nocos is the Editor of Perspectives Journal and the Broadbent Institute’s Director of Policy and Engagement.
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Les coupes dans la fonction publique mettent à mal les engagements du gouvernement fédéral
Il existe donc des solutions, mais le gouvernement revient à la charge avec une politique d’austérité dont l’échec est pourtant documenté depuis des décennies.
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Public Sector Job Cuts Undermine the Federal Government’s Commitment to Canadians
There are easy solutions for the government to both raise revenue and rein in spending in a way that is fair and beneficial for Canadians, and that doesn’t compromise services.
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NDP Leadership Race Should Look to History on How to Change Canada
With Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government still a few seats short of a majority government, working-class Canadians should start asking NDP leadership candidates how they would wield the balance of power.
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Carney and the Calgary School with Mack Penner
Mark Carney has become the new political face of an ideological orientation that shares his western-Canadian background, but none of his partisan identifications.
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Editorial – Summer 2025
Canadian progressives need to hold fast against a Carney government propped up by approval ratings that reflect the public sentiment that “things could be worse” as they become increasingly worse.
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What Canadians Can Learn from Progressives Across the Americas
Progressive governments in the Global South should show Canadians how to build a vision for a good society, where transformation for the wellbeing of all Canadians is the goal.
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Editorial — Spring 2025
Amid this nationalist fervour is a desire to protect Canadian institutions such as public healthcare – a profoundly distinct and equalizing system that has insulated the Canadian working-class from the affordability experiences of Americans.
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Editorial — Autumn 2024
The ghosts that Perspectives Journal tries to exorcize are the spirits of neoliberal capitalism that continue to haunt Canadian social democrats. This particular stage of capitalism, long after its heyday, still pervades our political economy and applies a heavy weight to today’s progressive movements that fight for justice and equality.
